I hear his weight is down too. He may struggle to carry the weight needed while maintaining a healthy knee. He could be in some trouble. Always thought of him as one of Gibbs' good choices. I'd hate to see him go but if he must ...

I hear his weight is down too. He may struggle to carry the weight needed while maintaining a healthy knee. He could be in some trouble. Always thought of him as one of Gibbs' good choices. I'd hate to see him go but if he must ...

DarthMonk

He can't lose too much more weight. At the beginning of last year he was down to 235lbs. My son was at his football camp last June (and will be again this June) and he looked too thin to be an NFL TE. I hope that he hasn't gotten any smaller.

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Red_One43 wrote:[ ... the Skins will not approach ey about restructuring until they know that for sure he will be on the roster.

+1 - all players will compete for roster spots
ey will have to earn his spot too - nothing is taken for granted here anymore

ey is preparing the best he can - losing weight might be a good thing in his estimation but may not suit what the coaches want

P A T I E N C E - The Redskins will improve the product on the field if Dan Snyder just let's Scott & his FO do their jobs Dan needs to stop screwing things up and let Scott get this franchise back together

4. I will have a full article on Chris ey later today or tomorrow but I was surprised to hear him say that his weight is down to 237. That’s 18 pounds lighter than his listed weight of 255 and just a couple of pounds heavier than converted wide receiver Niles Paul. The lighter weight is great for running routes but not necessarily good when it comes to taking on 270-pound linebackers. We will see if ey can make up for his reduced bulk with leverage and technique when he needs to block. The answer to that will have to wait until training camp, when full-contact blocking is allowed, and the preseason games.

3. Speaking of Paul, he looked very good yesterday. Every time you looked up he was catching another dart from Griffin. That doesn’t mean that he is going to jump ahead of ey or Fred Davis on the depth chart but it can’t hurt to develop a good rapport with the starting quarterback.

Can all 3 guys (Davis, ey, Paul) really be productive? I can see Paul really having a good year, he's my guess for breakout player. With ey and Paul both being small for TE's, maybe we see Davis having a more prototypical role?

...If all 3 guys are on the final 53, I think we'll see sets with all of them down near the goal line.

SkinsJock wrote:+1 - all players will compete for roster spotsey will have to earn his spot too - nothing is taken for granted here anymore

except apparently at Quarterback where In order to avoid annoying daily questions, it was necessary to name a stater before allowing anyone else to compete. a starter by the way who's never thrown an NFL pass before and who was the redskins plan B after they met with Peyton manning first but were told no.

4. I will have a full article on Chris ey later today or tomorrow but I was surprised to hear him say that his weight is down to 237. That’s 18 pounds lighter than his listed weight of 255 and just a couple of pounds heavier than converted wide receiver Niles Paul. The lighter weight is great for running routes but not necessarily good when it comes to taking on 270-pound linebackers. We will see if ey can make up for his reduced bulk with leverage and technique when he needs to block. The answer to that will have to wait until training camp, when full-contact blocking is allowed, and the preseason games.

3. Speaking of Paul, he looked very good yesterday. Every time you looked up he was catching another dart from Griffin. That doesn’t mean that he is going to jump ahead of ey or Fred Davis on the depth chart but it can’t hurt to develop a good rapport with the starting quarterback.

Can all 3 guys (Davis, ey, Paul) really be productive? I can see Paul really having a good year, he's my guess for breakout player. With ey and Paul both being small for TE's, maybe we see Davis having a more prototypical role?

...If all 3 guys are on the final 53, I think we'll see sets with all of them down near the goal line.

I think it's a big leap of faith to suggest that Paul might be a breakout player this year. To be fair though, you did say it was a guess!

The tight end position is one of the many interesting position battles to observe this offseason. I won't pretend that I have ANY idea how many tight ends will even be on the final roster. The intrigue surrounding ey's health and Paul changing positions makes the situation hard to call. The other wildcard is the Davis situation, and whether the management feel they can trust him to stay clean from now on.